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Which 4-1 team will make the playoffs?

10-08-2006, 04:04 PM

The Saints and the Rams are both 4-1. A lot of this has to do with luck and pretty easy scheduling. Both teams have beat one good team (Falcons and Broncos) at home and the Rams lost to the lowly Niners, not to mention that both teams have barely beaten some pretty crappy teams. That being said, 4-1 is a pretty nice spot to be at to make the playoffs. 10-6 almost promises a playoff slot and 9-7 is usually pretty decent. Saints have a harder schedule down the road, but I also believe they are the more legit team. So...with all that being said..what do you think will happen?

Yea the Rams benefit from a weak division, but they have a few hard games coming up as well, and would be annoyed if they made the playoffs because they beat a whole bunch of bad teams while losing to the good ones. If they beat the good teams though, I have nothing against them.

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Thats alright, people can keep on doubting the Rams, but the odds favor them over the Saints. As yodachu just stated, the Saints have a ridiculous schedule coming up. Also, if anyone has watched the Seahawks at all this season, they don't look right, or scary, at all. Hasselbeck has looked terrible outside of that Giants game, the running game is non-existent, even before Alexander went down. Alexander was averaging around 3 yards a carry, and now Morris is at about that same number or even worse. We should get an idea this upcoming weekend as to how good both the Rams and Saints are. The Rams play the Seahawks and the Saints face the Eagles. I'm looking for the Rams to beat the Seahawks and gain a little respect. Saints will lose to the Eagles, hate to say it though because it's a good story. Rams will be 5-1, Seahawks 3-2, and the Saints fall to 4-2. Like yodachu said, these next five games for the Rams are huge. They need to win the Seahawks and Chiefs games at home, then sneak a road victory in against the Chargers, Seahawks, or Panthers in there, preferably the Seahawks for obvious reasons. Another thing to take note of on the Rams schedule, they play no games in cold weather stadiums late in the season. Their latest game in a cold weather city, not in a dome, is the Seahawks November 12. Little stat for ya, Bulger has zero interceptions in 214 consecutive attempts, only QB in the league without an interception, three straight games with 110+ QB rating, Jackson is first in total yards, and defense leads league in takeaways.

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I think the Saints lose their next 2 games, against Philly and Baltimore, and maybe even Tampa Bay after that to go to 4-4. Actually, looking at their next six games, I say they go 1-5. That makes 5-6. San Fran is a win, but then they got Dallas. I think they can beat Washington, but lose to New York and Carolina to finish at 7-9.

I say the Rams go 1-4 in their next 5 games. Then 4-2 in the 6 game stretch following that.